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D. W. COPELAND. Carriage-Curtain.

Patented Dec. 25, I877.

Jaw W 6%(232 ATTORNEY WITNESSES (y %0//Mo MPETERSrPMOTGL THOGRAPMER, WASHINGTON, 0 cv To all whom it may con'cern: p l

qw l h "1 .4mm a n of l sa n f hje iroil t of J f r n an State of;NewfYorhhaveinventedanew'and 7 valuable Iinproy'ementj Zin Oarriage-Gurtains andil do hereby'ideclare ithat the following is I; y a full, (51m; nd' enactdescriptiolr oflthe construc'tion and operation of the same, ference .ybeinghadtothe'annexeddrawings, kinga p f h 'n fiba p l, n 3 I th o ter nd u sJ re e ei eim here -1; v .1 Figure 1 of $116 drawings is a [representat on of a a view c e hq ne l y Curtains for ve 1ing, with-a"flenib1e'curtain secured at one edge toi the upperiedgerof a windowor other n n gi a ea f as" b ot r bject? sp r springs secured, t .the said curtain 'in the irection fofits length, hich-will readily unreadily react-l w t hereinaftermore*fullysetforth. l

nate's' a"'covered,"vel icle, ,the rear, endi-of the htilt 'of which is closed; bya.curtain, a.fi This a 1 bf,fin -which;are "inserte and suitably's'ecured 1 h iled sp n .f-fih s p i a' e 0f t e Yd t tio l c i n prbn l i g lo k d oth r l 1 e e p ins i .ieq redt an uit le. manv fi swithfihfl e @111, t heatre-e leased, the reloyirollingwup the same,-as willbe "In heanneXed'draWiB' S, the letterji desig curtain .is proyidedat iintervals with sheaths mechanisms,",aud when free coil up tiglltly' gthroughthefireactive iforceg: The'up'peLend of ST E PATENT OFFICE,

;":"nAvrnQw; 0ornniaunfon THERESA, NEW YORK.

RIQINIZIPROVEMLENTJIN CARRIAGE-CURTAINS.

Q J .1sp in t bn fbmingpa t, Lette sr tefitualoams, dated December 25, 1877; application filed I November 24, 1877.

of the opening, upon the inside or outside of the vehicle, as I may elect, and their lower ends to a light tension-bar, d, that serves to keep the said springs properly spaced, and

prevents them from forming vertical folds in the curtain. The lower end of this curtain is secured to the vehicle-body by any of the usual modes, such as buttons and button-holes, or straps and buckles and similar devices may be used in connection with the lateral edges of the said curtain, for the purpose of closing any gap-between them and the jambs of the "from its lower fastenings, the springs immediately react and windup the curtain auto- 1. The combination, with the curtain a, of

the coiled spring or springs S, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the flexible curtain a, of the coil-spring S, sheathed therein, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with the curtain a and the coil-springs S, of the end tension-rod d, as

specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereinto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

v V D. W. COPELAND.

Witnesses:

M. J. UTLEY,

F. J. MASI. 

